Example sentences of "total [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This allows the practice to compare total income per job against total time-cost and to identify job types which consistently show imbalance . |
| 2 | For a tax to be regarded as progressive , its rate structure must be such that the tax takes a rising proportion of total income as income increases ; a proportional tax takes a constant proportion , whilst a regressive tax takes a declining proportion . |
| 3 | If , for instance , tax allowances and exemptions are more easily acquired by higher-income groups ( as with mortgage repayments , etc. ) then , despite a rising marginal rate , the individual may pay a smaller proportion of a higher total income in tax . |
| 4 | The total income from tourism would then equal our present income from North Sea Oil — heralded in the past as a saviour and bonanza . |
| 5 | However the total income from rent was a gross £36 6 0d : from that had to be deducted a quit rent of 13s 4d to St. Bartholomew 's Hospital , leaving 18 12 8d ( after the other deductions ) to be appropriated by the Company . |
| 6 | With the fees for shooting hill stags currently averaging £200 to £250 , the total income from commercial lets is £1.5–£2 million . |
| 7 | A similar provision might be used in a contract for services , such as an engineering contract ; for instance " our total liability for loss , damage or injury shall not exceed the total value of the contract " ( see Harbutt 's " Plasticine " Ltd v Wayne Tank and Pump Ltd [ 1970 ] 1 QB 447 ) . |
| 8 | Three cases ( out of 114 ) have one-third ( 32 per cent ) of the total coverage of rape court cases in our newspapers , as Table 2.4 indicates . |
| 9 | This one case took 13 per cent of the total coverage of rape trials . |
| 10 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total acreage of land sold by the Forestry Commission in the last five years ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 11 | Canon Audio , a new division which is entirely UK-based , has total responsibility for research and development , manufacturing and marketing . |
| 12 | It gives them total protection against rain and wind , without weight or bulk , while remaining breathable so that their perspiration is n't trapped inside . |
| 13 | The more conspicuous results of this were the Centre Pompidou and the Musée d'Orsay ; a law of 1978 earmarked FFr363 million over 1978–82 for the the latter out of a total FFr1.407 billion to all museums , representing a five-fold increase relative to the previous five years and 64% of the total budget for culture . |
| 14 | Nine patients had a partial or total colectomy for constipation before this study . |
| 15 | The mortality after partial or total colectomy in adult patients with cirrhosis is more than 60% and portosystemic shunting or transplantation , depending on the status of the liver disease , is preferable . |
| 16 | At one point the lies had begun to hurt so much that Terry Blamey ordered a total ban on press interviews . |
| 17 | The American vice-president , Dan Quayle , arrived in Japan on May 20th for two days of talks that touched on everything from Japan 's closed market for car-parts to its total ban on rice imports . |
| 18 | The calls came as the British Medical Association in a new report stepped up its demands for a total ban on boxing . |
| 19 | There will be a total ban on smoking , with effect from 1 January 1994 . |
| 20 | There will be a total ban on smoking , with effect from 1 January 1994 . |
| 21 | At the recent IWC annual meeting , Iceland and Brazil , both previously die-hard whaling nations , abstained from voting for a total ban on whaling , but did not vote for a continuance . |
| 22 | It has argued that a total ban on sex may be unnecessary ; it would prefer to have rules that prevent a lawyer from bullying a client to have sex . |
| 23 | The Dutch government is so concerned that at next week 's 103-nation conference in Lausanne of the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species ( Cites ) it will call for a total ban on trade in the plants . |
| 24 | As for the flowers , the Dutch delegation will be calling for a total ban on trade in some rare slipper orchids , which they say face extinction in 10 years unless something drastic is done . |
| 25 | The only totally safe way to proceed is to exclude from the operation of the general exclusion clauses all those classes of liability for which the UCTA imposes a total ban on exclusion clauses . |
| 26 | HARSH new cigarette packaging regulations have stunned Australia 's tobacco industry , which is still reeling from a total ban on tobacco sponsorship of sport and on all forms of advertising except at the point of sale from July next year . |
| 27 | The European Commission has proposed a total ban on tobacco advertising and promotion . |
| 28 | Nor did his investment in the Virginia Company prevent him from advocating a total ban on tobacco imports . |
| 29 | An MP has called for a total ban on tobacco advertising because he says the industry 's voluntary code is a waste of time . |
| 30 | Eugene Lapointe , head of the world 's wildlife trade monitoring body , hopes to find a compromise between those African nations calling for a total ban on ivory trading and those arguing for trade to be controlled . |